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Oil-sands protest greets Nancy Pelosi on Parliament Hill.
Environmental groups are demanding that Alberta’s Premier apologize for misleading Canadians over his province’s environmental record on the oil sands. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 9 September 2010.
Oil sands to dominate agenda on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Canada.
A top U.S. official, Nancy Pelosi, will get a crash course this week on Canada’s oil sands in private meetings quietly orchestrated by President Barack Obama’s point man in Ottawa. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 8 September 2010.
Why Canada is looking hot,
In the real world, if the climate is warming, there are positive implications for Canada, as well as negative ones, and our response has to be intelligent, not stupid. Toronto Sun, Ontario. Opinion, 8 September 2010.
An ill wind on Lake Erie.
Conceived in haste, with the aim of creating jobs and power as quickly as possible, the Liberal Party's energy strategy was written too broadly to fully distinguish between good projects and bad ones. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 7 September 2010.
Containing climate change saves us, not Earth.
In Canada’s Eastern Arctic a few years ago I talked with naturalist Peter Middleton about the impacts of climate change. Toronto Star, Ontario. Opinion, 5 September 2010.
Wind power's health debate rages.
Two University of Western Ontario academics are clashing over wind farms and their link to health, each accusing the other's followers of demonizing their cause and bastardizing science. Toronto Sun, Ontario. 4 September 2010.
Emission cuts no cause for bragging rights.
You'd think world leaders would be boasting that in 2009, for the first time since 1992, global emissions of man-made carbon dioxide did not increase over the previous year. London Free Press, Ontario. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
Electric car upswing would crash grid: Toronto Hydro chief.
The CEO of Toronto Hydro looks toward the imminent arrival of the electric car with enthusiasm and apprehension. Why? He has to oversee electrical distribution that, in a few years, will charge up the batteries of thousands of cars across the city. And he knows that right now, he can’t do it. Toronto Star, Ontario. 3 September 2010.
Pelosi heads north to talk oilsands.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected in the Canadian capital Wednesday and Thursday for a summit of G8 Speakers. But the journey now will include several high-level meetings focusing on Alberta’s energy-intensive oilsands, sources on both sides of the border confirm. Toronto Star, Ontario. 3 September 2010.
Climate change vanishes.
One of the inexplicable stories (or non-stories) of the summer is the disappearance of climate change from the political agenda. While many Canadians were sweltering, swatting super-sized mosquitoes, fighting fires, or up to their axles in floodwater, there was nothing but radio silence on the nation's political channel. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. Opinion, 3 September 2010.
British Columbia’s fishy salmon science.
Like it or not, farmed fish will soon be vital to feed a hungry world. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 2 September 2010.
Climate debate: Time to move on.
Climategate has succeeded in demonstrating that scientists are not infallible and that they can be idiosyncratic and petty. But the clear weight of scientific evidence and the expert consensus show that global warming is undeniably getting worse. Toronto Star, Ontario. Editorial, 31 August 2010.
Harper touts climate change research hub from afar as climate rages.
Canada’s new Arctic research station will turn a spotlight on the environmental challenge that is transforming vast regions of the north – climate change. Toronto Star, Ontario. 26 August 2010.
Arctic research station will study climate change.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Tuesday that Canada’s new Arctic research station will turn a spotlight on the environmental challenge that is transforming vast regions of the north: climate change. Toronto Star, Ontario. 25 August 2010.
Province to test plug-in cars.
If all goes according to plan, 5 per cent of all cars in Ontario will be electric by 2020 — and this week, the province is one car closer to its goal. Toronto Star, Ontario. 25 August 2010.
Unpaid environmental costs distort trade.
Sending smokestack industries off to distant shores in search of cheap labor markets to make the things we consume may lessen the carbon footprint of our own economies, but it sure doesn’t do much for the global footprint. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 25 August 2010.
Nova Scotia joins Canada’s green energy club.
Nova Scotia has been quietly cleaning up its act after decades of clinging to coal. It tabled its own green economy act a year before Ontario, but it garnered little recognition across the rest of Canada. Toronto Star, Ontario. Opinion, 23 August 2010.
The ice is missing in Sachs Harbour.
Sachs Harbour clings to a shoreline more than 500 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Until 10 years ago, the ocean was clogged with ice thick enough to walk across in late June. Toronto National Post, Ontario. 21 August 2010.
B.C. wood pellets a green hit in Europe but not Alberta.
Every day, 500 tonnes of tiny wood pellets are churned out of Pacific BioEnergy’s Prince George plant, destined for thermal power plants in Europe. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 20 August 2010.
The politics of power.
Ontarians know the days of cheap and dirty coal-fired power are coming to an end. They understand the need to pay more for green energy as we go forward. But the government risks losing their support if it is seen to be irresponsibly driving ups costs. Toronto Star, Ontario. Editorial, 19 August 2010.
Cottagers oppose wind turbines.
Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their famed sunsets and tourism-based economies will be overshadowed by energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. Toronto Sun, Ontario. 18 August 2010.
Overhauling energy will be slow -- and expensive.
Maybe the problem is that we’re relying too much on energy breakthroughs? Maybe the investment should focus more on deploying what we have, instead of waiting for one of Bill Gates’ energy miracles to come true? Toronto Star, Ontario. Opinion, 17 August 2010.
From bad to worse to what?
In the highlands of northwest Rwanda, heavy summer rains have led to floods, landslides and the expansion of a body of water now known as Lake Nyirakigugu. The lake was named by the local people who live and farm here. During the past few decades it claimed their fields. Now it is taking their homes. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. 14 August 2010.
Keep an eye on China.
China, with its tightly controlled political system and economy, can take drastic measures. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. Editorial, 14 August 2010.
Great Lakes turn to bath water.
The combination of an unseasonably mild winter and spring followed by a hot summer has led to record-breaking water temperatures in the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is a stunning 8 C above normal for this time of year -- and the big lake they call Gitche Gumee will get warmer still for another few weeks. Hamilton Spectator, Ontario. 13 August 2010.
The merchants of doubt.
Having lost the battle in the scientific arena, the skeptics have not only taken to the mass media to promulgate their cause, but have additionally resorted to the charge they are not getting a fair hearing in this alternate venue. Let's take a look at that. Hamilton Spectator, Ontario. Opinion, 12 August 2010.
Get to know your Arctic.
Governor General Michaëlle Jean became both a folk-hero and a lightning rod for controversy when, on a trip to the Arctic last year, she gutted a freshly slaughtered seal, and ate its heart. Ottawa Citizen, Ontario. Opinion, 12 August 2010.
Dry B.C. summer puts fish stocks in jeopardy, government warns.
British Columbia’s dry summer is creating alarmingly low river levels throughout the province, a problem that could endanger fish populations in some regions, the provincial government warned Tuesday. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 11 August 2010.
Boone Pickens' plan full of hot air.
The abundance of shale gas in the U.S. will no more free the country’s motorists from dependence on foreign oil than have either the American production of over ten billion gallons of corn-based ethanol or the rollout of GM’s electric-powered Volt. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 11 August 2010.
Replace nuclear plant with green power, coalition urges.
The “renewable is doable” coalition, which includes Greenpeace, the Pembina Institute and the World Wildlife Fund, are to release a report Tuesday calling for Ontario to boost its targets for renewable energy and replace the aging Pickering nuclear station with electricity from renewable sources. Toronto Star, Ontario. 10 August 2010.
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